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Missgeschick

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German

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Etymology

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miss- +‎ Geschick

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Noun

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Missgeschick n (strong, genitive Missgeschickes or Missgeschicks, plural Missgeschicke)

  1. mishap
    Synonym: Malheur
    • 1909 [1901], Thomas Mann, chapter 2, in Buddenbrooks [] [1], Berlin: Deutsche Buch-Gemeinschaft, →OCLC, part 8, page 437:
      Aber ich fürchte immer, du hast dich in letzter Zeit durch ein und das andere Mißgeschick einschüchtern lassen …
      But lately I am afraid you have let yourself get discouraged by this or that piece of bad luck.

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